Zombies: Addendum.
I hate to keep harping on this, especially when I have to bump ridiculously long posts that took a lot of effort to write from the top, but I keep getting interesting results back from these classes doing the "Perfect School" lesson.
Today, one group's best idea for a better school was to hire a "fat teacher." Considering I have all the groups make their lists of ideas side by side on the whiteboard, this first ranked item was sandwiched between 4 others all requesting a "handsome teacher." So I thought it was a joke.
Turns out the truth is a lot stranger. It once again took my co-teacher to step in to explain the students' rationale. Fat people are honest and patient, which I guess makes them the opposite of smart people, who are, as previously established, "arrogant and selfish." So I asked, incredulously, "Why not just write 'hire an honest and patient teacher'? Why do they have to be fat?" I don't think they understood the question.
Article 2: One group asked for a sexual education class. I was ECSTATIC! This is honestly the first inspired answer in over 200 students and a pretty good one to boot. I actually got to tell them that I think it's very important that teenagers learn about the human body, sex, diseases, and other concerns related to health. My co-teacher with her jaw open can go fuck herself, the liberal hippie train is coming to Korea, baby! Next stop, teaching them about having "partners" instead of husbands and wives. (That's for you, Rafiq! Holla!)
All in all, it took a night's sleep for me to get over the shallowness of their responses and to stop being frustrated at the students. Give blame where blame is due. Zombies can't be held at fault, they don't even have brains. Being upset over these kids' critical thinking abilities is like getting pissed at a can of spam for not being able to pole vault.
Today, one group's best idea for a better school was to hire a "fat teacher." Considering I have all the groups make their lists of ideas side by side on the whiteboard, this first ranked item was sandwiched between 4 others all requesting a "handsome teacher." So I thought it was a joke.
Turns out the truth is a lot stranger. It once again took my co-teacher to step in to explain the students' rationale. Fat people are honest and patient, which I guess makes them the opposite of smart people, who are, as previously established, "arrogant and selfish." So I asked, incredulously, "Why not just write 'hire an honest and patient teacher'? Why do they have to be fat?" I don't think they understood the question.
Article 2: One group asked for a sexual education class. I was ECSTATIC! This is honestly the first inspired answer in over 200 students and a pretty good one to boot. I actually got to tell them that I think it's very important that teenagers learn about the human body, sex, diseases, and other concerns related to health. My co-teacher with her jaw open can go fuck herself, the liberal hippie train is coming to Korea, baby! Next stop, teaching them about having "partners" instead of husbands and wives. (That's for you, Rafiq! Holla!)
All in all, it took a night's sleep for me to get over the shallowness of their responses and to stop being frustrated at the students. Give blame where blame is due. Zombies can't be held at fault, they don't even have brains. Being upset over these kids' critical thinking abilities is like getting pissed at a can of spam for not being able to pole vault.
posted by Uzura at 2:27 AM
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